No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.
J. C. RYLENever does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.
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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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Tomorrow is the devil’s day, but today is God’s. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.
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Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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Sin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
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If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.
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The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
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We can never make too much of Christ. He is worthy of all the honor that we can give Him.
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True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person – Jesus Christ.
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Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed – but to be practiced.
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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty.
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We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.
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Let us resolve by God’s grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.
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To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
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